Without any apparent signs of Russian hacking, the Lower East Side’s landmark Lenin statue was reinstalled last Friday morning at a new home, on a plinth atop the rooftop of 178 Norfolk St. It’s just a stone’s throw from its former longtime perch, atop the formerly aptly named Red Square, at 250 E. Houston St., read more here »

BY JACKSON CHEN | A Brooklyn resident was killed on Mon., June 12, when the Citi Bike he was riding collided with a bus on W. 26th St., between Seventh and Eighth Aves., police said. Dan Hanegby, a 36-year-old investment banker, was on his way to work at Credit Suisse when he was struck by a read more here »

BY SCOTT R. AXELROD | More than 200 senior citizens gathered at New York University’s Kimmel Center, on Washington Square South, for some hearty health advice, plus a light lunch, at the sixth annual Take Charge of Your Health Today! free community health forum and expo on June 7. The event was co-sponsored by the read more here »

No-peace pipe A man was hit in the head with a metal pipe in front of 36 E. 14th St., at University Place, on Thurs., June 8, at 3:18 a.m., police said. According to a report, the victim and the suspect were arguing when the suspect hit him, gashing the left side of his head. read more here »

BY BRAD HOYLMAN | The market has no morals. A better example of this maxim could not be found than on our local avenues and side streets, where independent businesses are falling like dominos, forced out because of rising rents. Once they’re gone, these spaces might be filled by a national chain — maybe a read more here »

BY LESLEY SUSSMAN | The Community Board 3 Economic Development Committee is trying to do something about the growing number of empty storefronts in the East Village. The committee held a special public forum last Wednesday to get input on a proposal to preserve the neighborhood’s unique character and support small businesses. The forum, at read more here »

BY ANDY HUMM | Fifty demonstrators from Rise and Resist — a group largely focused on protesting right-wing assaults by the Trump administration on American democratic institutions and ideals — and their allies took to the sunny streets of Greenwich Village and Chelsea on Sun., June 11. But they weren’t protesting Trump this time. Instead read more here »

In a way, the small but enthusiastic crowd that gathered at Tompkins Square Park on Saturday was “dressed up” for the Body Pride Parade. Body paint, alien-head pasties, bright pink underwear and a leather jockstrap (and, we hope, some strong sunscreen) were a few of the ways that the participants chose to adorn their semi-nakedness. read more here »

It looked like 1958, as Jane Jacobs’s “Stroller Brigade” invaded Washington Square Park once again last week as they prepared to protest Robert Moses’ plan to run a sunken roadway through the park. It was actually for an episode of the Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” about a woman with a staid Upper East read more here »

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Thurs., June 8, 12:45 a.m.: Notorious landlord Steven Croman will serve one year in Rikers and pay a $5 million tax settlement after pleading guilty in court Tuesday morning to grand larceny, falsifying business records and criminal tax fraud. While the conviction comes as welcome news to many Croman renters, tenants read more here »